NAME

       fmt - simple optimal text formatter

SYNOPSIS

       fmt [-WIDTH] [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

       Reformat  each paragraph in the FILE(s), writing to standard output.  The option -WIDTH is an abbreviated
       form of --width=DIGITS.

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

       -c, --crown-margin
              preserve indentation of first two lines

       -p, --prefix=STRING
              reformat only lines beginning with STRING, reattaching the prefix to reformatted lines

       -s, --split-only
              split long lines, but do not refill

       -t, --tagged-paragraph
              indentation of first line different from second

       -u, --uniform-spacing
              one space between words, two after sentences

       -w, --width=WIDTH
              maximum line width (default of 75 columns)

       -g, --goal=WIDTH
              goal width (default of 93% of width)

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

       With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

AUTHOR

       Written by Ross Paterson.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report fmt bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
       Report fmt translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright  ©  2013  Free  Software  Foundation,  Inc.   License  GPLv3+:  GNU  GPL  version  3  or  later
       <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This  is  free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent
       permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for fmt is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If  the  info  and  fmt  programs  are
       properly installed at your site, the command

              info coreutils 'fmt invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU coreutils 8.21                                 March 2016                                             FMT(1)